Ceremonial pipe ·  North America, Plains · ID: 3043303

Description

wood pipe stem, with cuff from colorful dyed grass strips and tufts from red horse hair, red catlinit pipe head with lead inlay, handwritten collection number “19 8502”, min. dam., slight traces of usage, small missing parts.
A pipe and the associated accoutrements are important tools in the spiritual life of traditional Plains Natives. Used for prayer, a man’s pipe provides a means of connecting to the spirit world.

The object Ceremonial pipe with the object ID 3043303 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 109 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.

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